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Dea De Jarisco (she/her)

Senior Product Manager, Government of British Columbia / Ministry of Citizens' Services

Dea De Jarisco has spent nearly a decade with the BC Government, working at the intersection of product leadership, human-centered design, and public sector innovation. She has led initiatives spanning digital talent and hiring systems, emergency management and disaster response, and most recently, Connected Services BC, integrating policy, design, and technology to modernize complex systems and services that people depend on.

A returning FWD50 speaker, Dea is driven by keeping humans at the center of how we design, develop, and deploy technology for good.

Sessions

FWD50

The messy middle: What it takes to go from problem discovery to delivery

Most case studies gloss over the parts of a project that don’t fit a neat narrative. This session doesn't. A Senior Product Manager and Service Designer go beyond the polished retrospective, into the hard conversation with leadership and the moments where walking away can be a good thing. See More.